HARTFORD >> An analysis of proposed Medicaid cuts for lower-income adults found that several thousand likely will drop health insurance or use it less often because their options on the state’s health exchange will be too expensive.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s proposed 2016-17 budget includes changes in eligibility for parents to avail themselves of HUSKY A insurance, a plan that now covers some 34,000 adults.

The governor’s budget plan would eliminate HUSKY coverage for parents who have children enrolled in HUSKY and have incomes of between 138 percent and 201 percent of the federal poverty level, which is between $28,000 to $40,000 for a family of three.

Pregnant women with family income of 138 percent to 263 percent of the federal poverty level, or $28,000 to $52,000 for a family of three, would also not be eligible.

The study found that while Access Health CT, the state’s health insurance exchange, offers subsidized coverage for these adults, their costs will go up by an average of $1,900 a year for less comprehensive care, such as a lack of dental benefits.

It estimates between 7,000 and 10,000 parents likely will not have health insurance because of these increased costs.

For those who do decide to buy insurance on the exchange, the foundation said they are likely to put off care because of the co-pays and deductibles they would now have to cover.

For the pregnant women who are now covered by HUSKY A, the foundation said dropping health insurance could have a negative impact on their children.

The study also said when parents are uninsured, fewer children are likely to be covered, even when they continue to be eligible.